{"id":7938,"date":"2026-04-03T19:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7938"},"modified":"2026-04-03T19:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:07:31","slug":"tgfi-volume-549","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2026\/04\/03\/tgfi-volume-549","title":{"rendered":"TGFI, Volume 549: AI academia and Christian judges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a>\n<\/p><p>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions, so if you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arnoldkling.substack.com\/p\/ai-and-research-papers\">AI and research papers<\/a> (Arnold Kling, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cPubMed and Google Schol\u00adar are index\u00ades of doc\u00adu\u00adments. What we actu\u00adal\u00adly want is an indexed, queryable map of _claims_ with their evi\u00addence and con\u00adfi\u00addence lev\u00adels. The paper is the prove\u00adnance trail; the claim is the search\u00adable unit. AI is already rea\u00adson\u00adably good at extract\u00ading claims from papers; in 3\u20134 years it should be good enough to main\u00adtain these data\u00adbas\u00ades reli\u00adably. A researcher ask\u00ading \u2018what do we know about X\u2019 should get a struc\u00adtured con\u00adfi\u00addence-weight\u00aded answer, not a list of PDFs to read.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The bit I excerpt\u00aded is from Claude answer\u00ading a ques\u00adtion from the author.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noemamag.com\/the-architecture-of-cooperation\/\">How Reverse Game The\u00ado\u00adry Could Solve The Hous\u00ading Short\u00adage<\/a> (Hen\u00adnyGe Wich\u00aders, Noe\u00adma): \u201cTra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal game the\u00ado\u00adry assumes that the rules are fixed \u2014 the chess\u00adboard is set, the laws cod\u00adi\u00adfied \u2014 and asks how ratio\u00adnal peo\u00adple will behave with\u00adin them. It pre\u00addicts out\u00adcomes based on exist\u00ading incen\u00adtives. Mech\u00ada\u00adnism design turns that ques\u00adtion around: It asks, for exam\u00adple, what rules should we write to get a dif\u00adfer\u00adent out\u00adcome \u2014 say, preser\u00adva\u00adtion <em>and<\/em> hous\u00ading?\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a read\u00ader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jlcgtamu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kacsmaryk-ho-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-christian-on-the-bench-1-1.pdf\">What Does it Mean to Be a Chris\u00adt\u00adian on the Bench?<\/a> (Matthew J. Kac\u00ads\u00admaryk and James C. Ho, Jour\u00adnal of Law and Civ\u00adil Gov\u00ader\u00adnance at Texas A&amp;M): \u201cMany judges shy away from talk\u00ading open\u00adly about their faith\u2014 and even think such dis\u00adcus\u00adsions vio\u00adlate the judi\u00adcial canons. That\u2019s why I thought this dis\u00adcus\u00adsion was so valu\u00adable. What\u2019s your answer to the ques\u00adtion: What does it mean to be a Chris\u00adt\u00adian and a judge?\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus. Link is to a PDF.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/02\/us\/household-vote-women.html\">The Women Who Believe Women Should Lose the Right to Vote<\/a> (Vivian Yee, New York Times): \u201cOn social media, the pas\u00adtor has attract\u00aded a fol\u00adlow\u00ading by post\u00ading incen\u00addi\u00adary com\u00admen\u00adtary: rail\u00ading against fem\u00adi\u00adnists, Catholics and gay peo\u00adple, describ\u00ading immi\u00adgra\u00adtion as \u2018nation\u00adal sui\u00adcide,\u2019 and label\u00ading Islam and Hin\u00adduism \u2018demon\u00adic.\u2019 He also calls for eras\u00ading women\u2019s suf\u00adfrage, which he lists as one rea\u00adson \u2018the world is falling apart.\u2019 The 1920 pas\u00adsage of the 19th Amend\u00adment, the land\u00admark leg\u00adisla\u00adtive achieve\u00adment of the move\u00adment to make women equal cit\u00adi\u00adzens, made it pos\u00adsi\u00adble for women across Amer\u00adi\u00adca to vote. But for Mr. Par\u00adtridge and a grow\u00ading num\u00adber of like-mind\u00aded Chris\u00adtians, it drove Amer\u00adi\u00adca into nation\u00adal decline. Instead, they sup\u00adport \u2018house\u00adhold vot\u00ading.\u2019 One house\u00adhold, one vote \u2014 the husband\u2019s.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/free-expression\/its-cool-to-keep-calm-2ab32162?mod=free-expression_lead_pos1\">It\u2019s Cool to Keep Calm<\/a> (Rob K. Hen\u00adder\u00adson, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cHow you react dur\u00ading a con\u00adflict doesn\u2019t only change how oth\u00aders see _you_. Your reac\u00adtion also changes how observers see the per\u00adson with whom you\u2019re argu\u00ading. Mak\u00ading some\u00adone cry makes you look cold or insen\u00adsi\u00adtive. So tears can dam\u00adage the oth\u00ader side\u2019s rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion. There\u2019s a catch, though. The per\u00adson who cries is also seen as less com\u00adpe\u00adtent, less pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal and less desir\u00adable as a friend or col\u00adleague.  This cre\u00adates a trade-off. Cry\u00ading can hurt your opponent\u2019s rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion, but it hurts yours as well. Behav\u00adioral stoicism\u2014maintaining a calm out\u00adward demeanor dur\u00ading a conflict\u2014does the oppo\u00adsite. It pro\u00adtects your own rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion, but does lit\u00adtle to dimin\u00adish the oth\u00ader per\u00adson.\u201d \u2014 Remem\u00adber you have free access through Stan\u00adford.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/moon-new-crater-nasa-orbiter\">In a rare event, the moon got a mas\u00adsive new crater<\/a> (Lisa Gross\u00adman, Sci\u00adence News): \u201cThe crater is 225 meters wide and formed in April or May 2024, Robin\u00adson said. Accord\u00ading to pre\u00addic\u00adtions based on oth\u00ader lunar land\u00admarks, a crater that big should form only once in 139 years. The dis\u00adcov\u00adery can help high\u00adlight the risks impacts pose to future astro\u00adnauts.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/stanford-inventions-innovations-computer-mouse-heart-transplant-digital-synthesizer\">9 things you (prob\u00ada\u00adbly) didn\u2019t know were invent\u00aded at Stan\u00adford<\/a> (Rebec\u00adca Bey\u00ader, Stan\u00adford Report): \u201cLong before the start-up era took hold, Stan\u00adford fac\u00adul\u00adty and stu\u00addents were dream\u00ading up inven\u00adtions that trans\u00adformed (and in some cas\u00ades estab\u00adlished) domains as far-rang\u00ading as genet\u00adic engi\u00adneer\u00ading, nan\u00adotech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy, organ trans\u00adplan\u00adta\u00adtion \u2013 even the inter\u00adnet itself.\u201d \u2014 Heart trans\u00adplants, the one-hand\u00aded bas\u00adket\u00adball shot, the com\u00adput\u00ader mouse, and recom\u00adbi\u00adnant DNA stood out to me.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WxibAK6WK-A\">I Was Not Ready for the DMV<\/a> (Greg War\u00adren, YouTube): eight and a half min\u00adutes. Paula and I were so tick\u00adled by this that we searched up one of his spe\u00adcials and were equal\u00adly pleased.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles (although if I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing in the arti\u00adcle I\u2019ll usu\u00adal\u00adly men\u00adtion it). And to the extent you can dis\u00adcern my opin\u00adions, please under\u00adstand that they are my own and not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly those of Chi Alpha or any oth\u00ader orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion I may be per\u00adceived to rep\u00adre\u00adsent.\n\nAlso, remem\u00adber that I\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m giv\u00ading you a selec\u00adtion of things I found inter\u00adest\u00ading. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the world that\u2019s not mak\u00ading an appear\u00adance here because I haven\u2019t found stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading arti\u00adcles writ\u00adten about it.\n\nIf this was for\u00adward\u00aded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/theglendavis.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions, so if you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2026\/04\/03\/tgfi-volume-549\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cTGFI, Vol\u00adume 549: AI acad\u00ade\u00admia and Chris\u00adt\u00adian judges\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"0","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[131,168,219,251,160,139,135],"class_list":["post-7938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-academia","tag-america","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-astronomy","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-law","tag-stanford"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-242","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7938"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7940,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7938\/revisions\/7940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}